The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-26


at Americus and Knocks Down Three
Horses-Ex-Pos Sturgis, of
Columbus, Given Place in the Office
at Birmingham-Prop Damaged
by Wind in Floyd County.
GEORGIA.
III Warren county cotton planting has
been delayed very much by the dry weather.
Rev. William NJ Crumlev, one of the
oldest and most respected citizens Of At
lanta died at the residence of his son, 1874
Whitehall street, at $3.50 o'clock Sunday
afternoon.
Thadeus c. Sturgis has been appointed as
sistant postmaster at Birmingham, Ala. Mr.
Sturgis was for number of years con
nected with the Columbus post office, and
for a while as postmaster.
Mr. Foley, the contractor who made the
tunnel through the Pine mountain for the
Georgia Midland, has been awarded the
contract for grading the ground for the new
Central railroad compress at Columbus, and
will begin the work at once.
A few miles from Rome a shaft for coal is
being sunk by Mr. DUR for Messrs Knox
&y Flowers, of that city. These gentlemen
are of the opinion that coal in an exhaust
less quantity exists at the place, and it is
stated that in a short while it will be
mined regularly.
During the rain at Americas Saturday
morning lightning struck the telegraph
wires, and Operator Turner, who was send
ing a message at the time received con
siderable shock. The force was so great
that a portion of the brass switch that
governs the wires was melted. The current
then followed the wires to the depot where
the end of one of them enters the ground,
and knocked down three horses that were
standing near by, being attracted doubtless
by the steel shoes which they wore. The
horses were not injured, but were terribly
frightened by the shock.
The wind which accompanied the Friday
nights rain storm did considerable damage
in Floyd county in the way of blowing down
fencing, barns, etc. The barns ON the Dr.
j. B. S. Holmes place, in East Rome, and
the Bobo place, about four miles from Rome,
were the only houses that have been blown
down in the vicinity of Rome. Along the
river no damage has been reported, though
the storm seemed to have been the heaviest
about Kinks grove. Cave Spring suffered
more than any other place. The barns of
a. I. Harper, T. n. Stephens and d. s.
Gradoff were blown down. Mrs. Montgom-
ery's house was unroofed; the top of Mai.
Dents gin house was blown off, and d. w
Simpsons carriage house went down. Be
hides this the storm destroyed vast deal of
timber on both sides of the town, laid fences
TO level and killed some cattle.
The Home Building and Loan Association
achieved victory Saturday in the Superior
Court at Atlanta The case was heard in
chambers before Judge Marshall j. Clarke
The details of the case of this association
against Van Pelt have already been given.
A few weeks ago, it will be recalled, the
case was tried in the Superior Court before
a jury. 1t was claimed by the defendant
that the association had violated the usIlry
law by exacting of its members higher rate
of interest than Is allowed by law. The Jury
gave verdict for the defendant, and
the attorneys for the association made Iho.
tion for new trial. This motion was ar
gued Saturday before Judge Clalsea After
hearing elaborate arguments on both sides
Judge Clarke decided to grant the motion.
In announcing his decision the Judge stated
that he believed the Building and Loan AS
soclatlons have the right to enter in special
contracts with their members, charging
what raoe of interest is customary with
such associations. This decision may be re-
. rssaFded as a victory for the association.
There arrived at Macon Sunday from
Troy, Ala, a family on their way to Mil
ledgeville. The mother is a sister of A. j.
Kent, of Baldwin county. She married a
man who had killed her brother in South
Carolina, and who went under the name of
Day. They were married about seven
10 ears ago and moved to Alabama. Three
e children were born, the youngest being four
months ago. The mothers mind became
affected Ivy carrying the secret which Day
Impaired to her, and when Day moved to 8
farm near Troy two weeks ago and
began work by the month, she divulged it.
On Thursday last Day walked out in the
woods and disappeared, leaving a note ask
ing the neighbors to sell what was left and
send his family to Milledgeville. The pool
wife had become insane, and wanted to give
away her children, and this new grief caused
her to become a maniac. There was not S;
worth of furniture left, and the community
raised money enough to send her and the
three small children to Milledgeville, il
charge of two men of the neighborhood
Day has not been heard from
A man giving his name as NJ. G. Fleming
and his residence as Tampa, Fla, com
planned TO the police of Atlanta Sunday
saiorning that he had been robbed of $40
Fleming has been in Atlanta for several
days, and, according to his own story, put
in the greater part of Saturday in testing
that city's prohibitory laws. Sunday morn
ing he awoke up in the room of a woman
named Bellair at the Cannon house, and
upon counting his money, found that he
was $40 short. He accused the woman OF
stealing it, but she denied having seen any
thing of the money or knowing anything
about it. The police went to hel
room, and after some search found the miss
ing money hidden away under the carpet
Both Fleming and the woman, who give
her name as Mrs. c. D. Bellair, and says hel
husband is in Chattanooga, were taken t
the station. A charge of fornication wa!
made against Fleming, and charges of lar
ceny, fornication and adultery against thu
woman. Fleming was released on 500 bail
Later in the day Mrs. Bellair was allowed
TO go on her own recognizance, and it i
said that she left for Chattanooga early Sun
day morning.
Newman Herald and Advertiser. Durins
the kigh wind which prevailed last Monday
morning, about 100 feet of the trestle COM
prising the western approach to the Savan
nah, Griffin and North Alabama railroad
bridge across the Chattahoochee river blew
down and was completely wrecked. \
week or ten days viii elapse before the
structure can be rebuilt, and transfers OF
mail and passengers are now effected by
means of fiat. Freight traffic beyond The
river Is suspended. The loss aggregates
about $4,000. Those who have visited the
wreck say the debris furnishes very striking
evidence that the tinbers must havo been
in hopeless state Of decay some time be
fore the accident occurred, and tits believed
by some shat tho structure collapsed from
sheer frailty rather than from the effects OF
the wind. One circumstance mentioned in
support Of this theory is thet the timbers